In the churches that I go to, just before the children leave for their Sunday school lessons we often have all of them gather at the front for a story, a song, or a blessing.
One day the pastor had all the children gathered around him at the front and he was asking them to guess what he was describing, "It's small, climbs trees, has a bushy tail, and likes nuts."
A forest of hands sprung up as children eagerly clamored to be chosen. The young girl chosen to answer burst out, "It sounds like a squirrel to me, but this is church, so the answer is Jesus!"
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Just because we put Jesus name in our work, or add the phrase, "and God made it", or "and God loves you", or any of a number of other platitudes doesn't mean we've really done a good job of Christian perspective.
Next time - "Teaching Christian Perspective - What it's not Part 3"
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